The coronavirus imposed online schooling on children, suddenly. A 7th grader (a 12-year-old boy) shares his take on online classes during the lockdown, in an impromptu video shoot. Very insightful.
Key points:
- He likes it when his classmates get funny – when they share screen out of turn, or draw on the screen.
- Sometimes kids are playing video recordings of themselves and pretending to attend classes.
- He is scared to laugh when his friends do funny things, because his teacher might notice.
- They are muted and they can’t speak; they can only nod their heads.
- He is missing his friends.
- He admits that he chats with his friends on the phone during online classes.
- He and some of his friends would like to go back to regular school as they can meet friends and learn better.
- Some of his friends prefer online classes because they like to stay at home and have fun.
- His teachers are doing well , but they are not used to online classes.
- He gets stressed because of the fluid schedule that cuts into his personal schedule.
- The video quality is poor sometimes and teachers ask students to check for any connectivity issues at their end.
Watch the video.
